Landesliga Württemberg

Landesliga Württemberg
Founded 1945
Country  Germany
Confederation Württemberg Football Association
Divisions 4
Number of teams 65
Level on pyramid 7
Promotion to Verbandsliga Württemberg
Relegation to Bezirksliga (16 divisions)
Current champions TSV Ilshofen
1.FC Heiningen
VfL Sindelfingen
TSG Balingen
(2015/16)

The Landesliga Württemberg (consisting of four divisions) is the second highest league of the Württemberg Football Association and the seventh highest league in the German football league system. It was first carried out between 1945 and 1950. In today's form, consisting of four divisions, it has existed since 1978.

History

Landesliga Württemberg 1945-1950

Landesliga Württemberg first existed from 1945 to 1950 as a second-class league and played on the same level with the Verbandsliga Südwürttemberg, which was organized by the Südwestdeutscher Fußballverband. In 1950, both leagues merged to third-class Amateurliga Württemberg.[1]

Founding football clubs in 1949-50 Season

TSG Ulm 1846, Sportfreunde Stuttgart, SV Göppingen, Stuttgarter SC, SSV Ulm 1846, SpVgg Feuerbach, VfR Aalen, Union Böckingen, FV Zuffenhausen

Landesliga Württemberg from 1978 onwards

Starting in the 1978-79 season, the new Landesliga Württemberg was introduced with four divisions. In 1978 it was the fifth league level below the Bundesliga, 2nd League (South), Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and Verbandsliga Württemberg.

Promotion and relegation

The champions of the four divisions are automatically promoted to the Verbandsliga Württemberg, and the four runners-up take part in the relegation round for the Verbandsliga. There they participate in two knockout rounds. The runner up, who wins, must compete in an additional relegation game against the club from the Verbandsliga that ended the season in the relegation place. The normal number of teams per season is 16, if there are more teams descending from the Verbandsliga than teams being promoted out of the district league, or more teams promoted to the Verbandsliga than teams descending to the district league, then the number of teams increases. When this occurred, the "tightened" relegation rule applies in the following season. In which, the number of teams that must descend is increased to the number of teams that exceeds the usual 16 participating teams.

References

  1. ↑ "Württembergischer Amateurmeister" (in German). DSFS. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
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